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BudgetCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticePresident signs Great Lakes mapping bill into law
-The last time some of these maps were updated was back in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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Demands for change, requests for information pertaining to Flint water settlement
-Activist Jasmine Hall started demands to get residents more money and resources out of the settlement, and Attorney Loyst Fletcher has requested for residents to get more information.
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AgricultureDetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeGreat Lakes Moment: It’s a UFO. No, the aurora borealis. No, it’s Leamington greenhouses!
-The story behind the lightshow over the Detroit River isn’t as mysterious as it might seem.
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Climate ChangeCOVID-19Drinking WaterFreightersGary WilsonGreat Lakes Now's Year-End PostsLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental Justice2020 in Review: Climate change, COVID-19 and Michigan’s governor
-Of course, a lot also happened in 2020 that did not garner the attention that COVID-19 and climate change did.
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COVID-19Great Lakes Now's Year-End PostsJames ProffittLake ErieLatest NewsNewsOhioRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingTourism2020 Really Sucked. What’s Up Next? I don’t know.
-A frequent theme of my GLN articles – and others’ – this year was the Crazy-19 virus.
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COVID-19DetroitFeature DetroitGreat Lakes Now's Year-End PostsLake OntarioLatest NewsMichiganNatasha BlakelyNewsLake Ontario: Big catch escapes again
-In 2019, then-new News Director Natasha Blakely was missing Lake Ontario from her Great Lakes Visits list. Spoiler alert: She didn’t make it there in 2020 either.
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Great Lakes Quiz: Which Great Lake are you?
-End the year on a more lighthearted note and try this fun Great Lakes Now quiz.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts“I can sum it up in one word, and that is: nightmare.” 10 years after massive oil spill in Michigan
-One of the worst oil spills into an inland waterway in U.S. history happened right here in Michigan, 10 years ago this week.
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Critics say EPA allowing more time to fix lead-tainted water
-The Trump administration overhauled the country’s widely criticized, 29-year-old framework to eliminate toxic lead from drinking water.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedLatest NewsNewsPFASResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchNonstick pans often don’t note they use PFAS
-A Michigan-based environmental group has found many nonstick pans are coated with a chemical from the PFAS family.
